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. >> number three, why are you hot on on-line education? >> on-line education, i think is what these poor millennials should have gotten. this is all about teaching people a trade versus teaching them how to read english poetry and american history. on-line education about training people in finance, marketing, statistics, things that are going to be applicable to get them into the work force. the career for life is no longer and therefore, a lot of the training programs that companies used to have are no longer. we need our educational companies and this is the on-line stuff, to really train these people how to do different things. >> brian, it's a real pleasure . have a great weekend. >> by the way, mom said your room is busy and clean it up and why couldn't she have called you shaymuss or shawn, this is cr y crazy. >> we'll have a whole show of brian sullivans. >> love it. >> thanks, melissa. >> up next, yahoo!'s greek goddess. that is the provocative headline in ""vanity fair" a's" profile. her exit at google. it's fantastic. stick arou
. >> number three, why are you hot on on-line education? >> on-line education, i think is what these poor millennials should have gotten. this is all about teaching people a trade versus teaching them how to read english poetry and american history. on-line education about training people in finance, marketing, statistics, things that are going to be applicable to get them into the work force. the career for life is no longer and therefore, a lot of the training programs that...
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my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. leave it to twitter to produce the ultimate question that is defining this stock market. including today where the dow sank 78
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>> education's very fundamental. education is a basic human right. it should be available to everybody like the air we breathe. we offer free courses from some of the best universities in the world like m.i.t., harvard, berkeley. and our approach is that learners can come from anywhere. take these courses, great courses, and you can use them for whatever you want. many learners come to fill the skills gap. we talked earlier about great jobs available in computer science or nursing and other areas. but the skills are here. we need to find a way to match the skills. breaking the skills gap is one area. in other cases, continuing learners are in existing jobs that want better jobs or promotions. we have high school students that don't have great a.p. classes in the high school and want to fill those gaps -- would schools recognize this if you're taking somebody who is in high school? >> recognition comes in different ways. we heard from a lot of students that have gotten better jobs as a result of posting a certificate on linkedin, for example. many sch
>> education's very fundamental. education is a basic human right. it should be available to everybody like the air we breathe. we offer free courses from some of the best universities in the world like m.i.t., harvard, berkeley. and our approach is that learners can come from anywhere. take these courses, great courses, and you can use them for whatever you want. many learners come to fill the skills gap. we talked earlier about great jobs available in computer science or nursing and...
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this is a generation that has more educational, personal and national debt than any other generation in history so they're just doing a cost calculation and saying it's not worth it. >> is some of this, by the way, your generation is better at computers and technology than my generation sure is. i'm a baby boom guy. is it because the website was so bad, so poorly designed and the president kind of lied about it? is that part of the issue here? just like uncool website? >> well, i don't think the president did himself any favors when he compared it to websites that millennials use every day like kayak and other websites where younger voters typically are because those websites work. those websites are clean. the interface doesn't crash and i think that it certainly didn't help from a cosmetic standpoint the president's argument that health care would be beneficial to everyone and would be working on time. >> all right. alex, another question. i'm trying to understand this whole issue. i mean, the guy's just got real bad numbers among one of his key constituencies which tells me there'
this is a generation that has more educational, personal and national debt than any other generation in history so they're just doing a cost calculation and saying it's not worth it. >> is some of this, by the way, your generation is better at computers and technology than my generation sure is. i'm a baby boom guy. is it because the website was so bad, so poorly designed and the president kind of lied about it? is that part of the issue here? just like uncool website? >> well, i...
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my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. leave it to twitter to produce the ultimate question that is defining this stock market. including today where the dow sank 78 points. s&p backs up .2%. would you buy amazon here? my quick response, two very different questions, yes and no. that's right. yes, i would buy amazon. no, it's not worth $400. welcome to the world of bull market discipline. the discipline to buy stocks that aren't cheap, but are right. a discipline that will be tested in the next few days, at last because of today's last hour sell-off -- >> sell, sell, sell! >> -- that shook people out of their complacency. i'm talking about the rigor to recognize what the market actually wants, though, not necessarily what you want. the dichotomy that says you would rather have a portfolio that is hated by the intelligentsia and making money than be bound by concerns that may not be as relevant as they should be. let's start with amazon, which hit at an all-time high today, $399 before being repelled along with many other s
my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. leave it to twitter to produce the ultimate question that is defining this stock market. including today where the dow sank 78 points. s&p backs up .2%. would you buy amazon here? my quick response, two very different questions, yes and no. that's right. yes, i would buy amazon. no, it's not worth $400. welcome to the world of bull market discipline. the discipline to buy stocks that aren't cheap, but are...
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a lot of it is education. in this day and age where technology is progressing so rapidly, we think one time qualification is significant. people pick about seven careers. the average time to i stay in a job is four years and one month, record low. compare to a few generations ago, i would havie picked the same job as my grandfather. that is really changing and puts pressure on people to stay up to date. >> it's fascinating look at how we should be doing things. we'll be watching. hope you come back soon. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> coming up, we're going to roll out the red carpet for a hollywood legend. i can't do it. fame film maker shyamalan on his latest project. it has nothing to do with winning an oscar. we'll look at how he plans to change education and his book when we return on "squawk box" every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations
a lot of it is education. in this day and age where technology is progressing so rapidly, we think one time qualification is significant. people pick about seven careers. the average time to i stay in a job is four years and one month, record low. compare to a few generations ago, i would havie picked the same job as my grandfather. that is really changing and puts pressure on people to stay up to date. >> it's fascinating look at how we should be doing things. we'll be watching. hope you...
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two leading people on the american education charge. first, though, to sue at the nyse. >> thank you very much. a rough day for the dow jones industrial average. we are off of our lows but still up 21% this year. right now the dow jones industrial average down 104 points. transports have been on a huge tear, down today, but up 35% year to date. the s&p also in the red today. it's up 25% this year. it's down just 7.3 points today. similar story at the nasdaq, up 27% year to date. let's bring in bp and kenny polcari, director o'neill's security and cnbc market analyst. we've been talking about the pivot point in the market, the turn in the market when it would come. is this what we're seeing today? >> i think it feels like. the only thing you have to be careful of, not a the lo of volume. we've only done 300 million shares which tells you the big the boys are sitting out and waiting. does feel like it wants to, does want to turn. if it doesn't hold 1795 which had been resistance now support, below that at the moment, if it doesn't hold th
two leading people on the american education charge. first, though, to sue at the nyse. >> thank you very much. a rough day for the dow jones industrial average. we are off of our lows but still up 21% this year. right now the dow jones industrial average down 104 points. transports have been on a huge tear, down today, but up 35% year to date. the s&p also in the red today. it's up 25% this year. it's down just 7.3 points today. similar story at the nasdaq, up 27% year to date. let's...
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before trusts were created for their grandkids' educations... they chose a partner to help manage their wealth... one whose insights solutions, and approach have been relied on for over 200 years. that's the value of trusted connections. that's u.s. trust. thrusters at 30%! i can't get her to warp. losing thrusters. i need more power. give me more power! [ mainframe ] located. ge deep-sea fuel technology. a 50,000-pound, ingeniously wired machine that optimizes raw data to help safely discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions. our current situation seems rather extreme. why can't we maximize our... ready. ♪ ♪ brilliant. let's get out of here. warp speed. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome >>> welcome back. a new week on wall street, new batch of stories drawing eyeballs on our website. a look at what's leading the hot list. >> we just had a little excitement here on the website. you know that market downturn you've been talking about, the slide? check this out. we had at least about 6,000, 7,000 people just dive right into the site right into o
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my job is not just to entertain but to educate you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. battle stations! that's where we are on the eve of the hugely important labor department nonfarm payroll report that comes out tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. the stock market is telling us we need to be ready. we just had our fifth straight decline today. dow sinking 68 points, nasdaq declining .12%. we know that's because there's been too much good data lately. it should be that, no, good data. because we are in a good news is bad news environment. since good news moves interest rates higher, whether the fed likes it or not! remember, the fed wants rates down so more jobs can be created. but at a certain point, you have to ask, aren't more jobs being created? the fed stops trying to keep interest rates down or stops being able to. it's a foregone conclusion that when rates rise, the whole stock market will decline regardless of what the fed says or does. that's been the case before even as the last late run-up. it's going to be the case again. i'm not debating that. there are tons of reasons why stock
my job is not just to entertain but to educate you. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. battle stations! that's where we are on the eve of the hugely important labor department nonfarm payroll report that comes out tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. the stock market is telling us we need to be ready. we just had our fifth straight decline today. dow sinking 68 points, nasdaq declining .12%. we know that's because there's been too much good data lately. it should be that, no, good data. because we are in a...
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my job is not just to educate you, but entertain you so call me at 800-743-cnbc. with the dow seek 95 points and the s&p dropping and at one point the selling was far worse and it looked like we could be in the midst of a major rollover. still today like yesterday, the buyers and sellers did real soul-searching, and what exactly are they pondering? basically, they're trying to figure out if good news about the economy is bad news for stocks or is the opposite the case, as the economy improves should we like stocks more? it's a first-class quandary that we have to dive into headlong on "mad money" if we're going to figure out the market's move. it's distracted and a parlor game and we find you the best stocks and the best opportunities. the only focus on the fed's next move the last three years, you missed some of the single best moments to invest in our lifetimes. i regard that as terrible. i regard it as shameful because this fed-centric world presumes that the market is one big stock that is sent higher or lower by ben bernanke and janet yellin and it's the mark
my job is not just to educate you, but entertain you so call me at 800-743-cnbc. with the dow seek 95 points and the s&p dropping and at one point the selling was far worse and it looked like we could be in the midst of a major rollover. still today like yesterday, the buyers and sellers did real soul-searching, and what exactly are they pondering? basically, they're trying to figure out if good news about the economy is bad news for stocks or is the opposite the case, as the economy...
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>> well-educated people that are in the communist party or people who can't do well and fail. >> a fair point. >> what a story in the times over the weekend. duff a problem with the linear relationship between those hires and business? >> i'm still stuck upon the idea that when i got into business on wall street, it is kind of like when you apply to college. i remember when i applied to college, i said, you mean to tell me that 50% of the people that get in, their parents went here. that's outrageous. well, you know, what are you going to do, sue them? >> apparently, you can. >> here we are talking about jpmorgan and yet another potential problem. >> your point broadly, the jobs picture looks a little brighter. we are having persistently low inflation, which is worry some in its own right. >> go by clorox, the drugs. another camp said, go by parker hannafin. the world is accelerated. both want to put money to work. >> give me gilead. give me sysco, the right sysco. >> i think that inga is going to pull one out. bet against mcinner any, y, it mistake. u.s. air, more planes we bought beca
>> well-educated people that are in the communist party or people who can't do well and fail. >> a fair point. >> what a story in the times over the weekend. duff a problem with the linear relationship between those hires and business? >> i'm still stuck upon the idea that when i got into business on wall street, it is kind of like when you apply to college. i remember when i applied to college, i said, you mean to tell me that 50% of the people that get in, their...
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some unfortunate news about the state of education in america. a new report says u.s. high schoolers are falling far behind their peers in other countries. american students ranked below average in math, ranking only number 26 out of 34 developed countries. the numbers were near average in science and reading. that's basically the same as it was ten years ago. showing no improvement in any basic high school curriculum. those results based off an international assessment test given to students in 65 countries. >> as our students seem to be falling behind, the economy is relying more and more on machines to do jobs. now the service industry, self-check-in at airports, hotels, and applebee's saying customers will be ordering and paying the bill from tablets by the end of the year. are service jobs becoming extinct. sounds funny in a way, but it's not. certain people in the population for whom service jobs are their life. and if we say, sorry, we don't need a waitress or hotel check-in clerk, we'll have real problems in this economy. >> listen, if you have a job that can b
some unfortunate news about the state of education in america. a new report says u.s. high schoolers are falling far behind their peers in other countries. american students ranked below average in math, ranking only number 26 out of 34 developed countries. the numbers were near average in science and reading. that's basically the same as it was ten years ago. showing no improvement in any basic high school curriculum. those results based off an international assessment test given to students...
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before trusts were created for their grandkids' educations... they chose a partner to help manage their wealth... one whose insights, solutions, and approach have been relied on for over 200 years. that's the value of trusted connections. that's u.s. trust. >>> welcome back to the "halftime report." yesterday, a lot of the stremt traits for reits were up big after a potential deal for excess to buy pre. reits are on the move again today, but on the downside. it's a big mortgage reit play, and they're in focus, after analysts at goldman sachs initiated coverage with a sell rating. they expect book values to fall as interest rates rise after the fed pulls back on stimulus, the taper. remember, the reits have been income substitution plays as overall rates have been kept artificially low, scott, of course, by the fed. >> yeah, no doubt, dom. thanks. jim, all reits are not created equal. >> right, definitely. >> but these mortgage reits seem to come under pressure anytime rates start to rise significantly. >> right. let me stress the first point, be
before trusts were created for their grandkids' educations... they chose a partner to help manage their wealth... one whose insights, solutions, and approach have been relied on for over 200 years. that's the value of trusted connections. that's u.s. trust. >>> welcome back to the "halftime report." yesterday, a lot of the stremt traits for reits were up big after a potential deal for excess to buy pre. reits are on the move again today, but on the downside. it's a big...
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adds people are more educated about it that's what will happen. that's what we're hoping for for all of this country to lower health care costs. >> i'm intrigued by your first answer where you essentially laid out some of the objectives of the affordable care act. then you said but i'm not too worried about details of the website. isn't that precisely the problem with all of this right now? the objectives were clearly laid out but the details were not well planned. for example, the famous promise made by the president that if you like your insurance plan you get to keep your insurance plan. when, in fact, for 5%, that's not the case. and now people are getting those cancellation notices. the details were not that well thought out. >> agreed that the details did not come to fruition once we began the website. let's be clear, 20% of this country's not based on a website. we'll get the website right. if it's right 30 days later, then we'll still get it right. they had a million go through yesterday healthcare.gov, that's a positive. i think those tha
adds people are more educated about it that's what will happen. that's what we're hoping for for all of this country to lower health care costs. >> i'm intrigued by your first answer where you essentially laid out some of the objectives of the affordable care act. then you said but i'm not too worried about details of the website. isn't that precisely the problem with all of this right now? the objectives were clearly laid out but the details were not well planned. for example, the famous...
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they are generally, the best educated, generally, the best qualified. the fact that they might lead to some business, does that enter into it? maybe. >> do you think it is a true quid pro quo where i am hiring you and you are going to get my "x" and give me the opportunity to get to "x"? >> i am hiring you because you are qualified and, by the way, i might get introduction to your parents or your relationships, or whatever they may be, just because you work here. that happens in the united states all the time. >> the question is, if this is an orchestrated move to try and get the quid pro quo or something that they know about back in the united states. >> they said nobody knows in the united states and i think that from what i've seen so far, that it is innocent. so we'll see. my guess is that this goes away. >> goes away. so you don't think. my bet is that they try to bring a case just to force them to settle. >> they might. i don't think the evidence is there, hasn't been released yet. >> is there a time you are going to say, i am going to fight the g
they are generally, the best educated, generally, the best qualified. the fact that they might lead to some business, does that enter into it? maybe. >> do you think it is a true quid pro quo where i am hiring you and you are going to get my "x" and give me the opportunity to get to "x"? >> i am hiring you because you are qualified and, by the way, i might get introduction to your parents or your relationships, or whatever they may be, just because you work here....
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before trusts were created for their grandkids' educations... they chose a partner to help manage their wealth... one whose insights, solutions, and approach have been relied on for over 200 years. that's the value of trusted connections. that's u.s. trust. >>> if company insiders are selling shares as stock prices rise, question is, should individual investors do the same thing? >> sheila tracking who's selling what and tracking a pattern. what are you finding? >> let's start off with the numbers. there's definitely big numbers in november. in fact, $7.4 billion of insider stock was sold by companies. now, yes, you can say this is a trend that happens whenever markets pick up steam or at the end of the year for tax planning purposes. keep in mind, this is an 85% increase from the numbers we saw in october and the highest levels we have seen since may. definitely, a lot of selling happening. here is some big names we saw the most inside selling over the past three months. best buy, $200 million worth of shares sold by insiders over the past thre
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mean, we've been grappling this for, you know, 50 years, how to make sure that everybody gets an equal education and we don't know whether we do it, we transport kids or we just improve the schools in their neighborhoods. >> i don't know the answer to any of it. >> it's tough. right. >> but i think that is -- but that's where i think this type of story comes from. that's what's going on behind the scenes. >> it certainly gets to the roots of that. guys, let me tell you about one more story. if you were late for work, the mta could come to your rescue. the transit authority could give you a note called a subway delayed verification. in other words, yes, boss, i really am telling the truth. passengers are asked to provide information like their subject lines, locations of their entries and exists. then you get this late pass you can hand over to your boss. >> andrew, this is your story. >> i've had a couple of near miss in the mornings here. if i can have brought the note -- >> we had money on you not -- even though it was your first day back because yesterday there was some bat bad weather and we
mean, we've been grappling this for, you know, 50 years, how to make sure that everybody gets an equal education and we don't know whether we do it, we transport kids or we just improve the schools in their neighborhoods. >> i don't know the answer to any of it. >> it's tough. right. >> but i think that is -- but that's where i think this type of story comes from. that's what's going on behind the scenes. >> it certainly gets to the roots of that. guys, let me tell you...
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and we have, i think, going to have more resources for important thing like education and public safety. >> okay. in the "chicago tribune" an op ed written by governor scott walker of wisconsin. >> who? who? >> yeah, the guy sending me letters, everybody is welcome heading north. the long and short of it is, he didn't direct what you signed directly yesterday. but what he did underscore is that collective bargaining is no longer part of wisconsin based on act ten they passed, and at the time they passed it, the unemployment was both over 9% in wisconsin and illinois. it's good we slipped under, but wisconsin is 6.5, and they've turned into a slight surplus. you don't have an act ten. you didn't ban collective bargaining. >> no. >> are you going to have similar results, though? >> i believe in collective bargaining. we've created far more jobs than wisconsin. we created about 270,000 jobs. he promised 250,000 jobs. he's created 90,000 jobs in wisconsin. people don't go to sheboygan or, you know, places like that. they come to chicago and illinois. i think it's very important economy, tha
and we have, i think, going to have more resources for important thing like education and public safety. >> okay. in the "chicago tribune" an op ed written by governor scott walker of wisconsin. >> who? who? >> yeah, the guy sending me letters, everybody is welcome heading north. the long and short of it is, he didn't direct what you signed directly yesterday. but what he did underscore is that collective bargaining is no longer part of wisconsin based on act ten...
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we are seeing a tremendous demand for highly educated, highly skilled jobs with a strong service component. so engineering. oil. financial services. and candidly, you know,er we're seeing that at levels we haven't seen almost since the late '90s. you know, we're almost reaching crazy levels, in terms of the bay area, for the war for engineering talent, and contrast that with the unskilled portion of the economy, which is not nearly enjoyed the recovery that the skilled portion of the economy has. and that is why, you know, unemployment has stayed above 7%, compared to the did, you know, under 5% that it was the last time that we sue this kind of crazy competition at the high end. >> yeah. saying that on a day when we're seeing protests around the country, arguing for minimum wage at fast-food restaurants, for instance. the last question, robert. yoo you are a veteran of expedia. you're a veteran of hotwire, of microsoft. everybody's tossing around whether or not mulally is going to go to microsoft or not. would he fit in the culture if he did? >> you know, it's a good question. microsoft c
we are seeing a tremendous demand for highly educated, highly skilled jobs with a strong service component. so engineering. oil. financial services. and candidly, you know,er we're seeing that at levels we haven't seen almost since the late '90s. you know, we're almost reaching crazy levels, in terms of the bay area, for the war for engineering talent, and contrast that with the unskilled portion of the economy, which is not nearly enjoyed the recovery that the skilled portion of the economy...